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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-10-055915.txt : 20101116
<SEC-HEADER>0001181431-10-055915.hdr.sgml : 20101116
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20101116151515
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-10-055915
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20101115
FILED AS OF DATE:		20101116
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20101116

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Haskett Douglas Clark 2ND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001489335

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23565
		FILM NUMBER:		101196351

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20820 GRAINERY CT
		CITY:			ASHBURN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20147-4626

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EASTERN VIRGINIA BANKSHARES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001047170
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				541866052
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1209

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1455
		STREET 2:		330 HOSPITAL ROAD
		CITY:			TAPPAHANNOCK
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22560
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8044438400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1455
		STREET 2:		330 HOSPITAL ROAD
		CITY:			TAPPAHANNOCK
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22560
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 HASKETT
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-11-15</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001047170</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EASTERN VIRGINIA BANKSHARES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EVBS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001489335</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Haskett Douglas Clark 2ND</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O EVB</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>330 HOSPITAL ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TAPPAHANNOCK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>22560</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CFO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-11-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>82.7430</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>3.58</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>83.7458</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares acquired through optional cash payments under the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes one share purchased under the Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 0.0028 shares acquired through dividend reinvestment under the Plan since the reporting person's last report.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Cheryl Wood, as attorney in fact for Douglas Clark Haskett, II</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-11-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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